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 1      Getting Started
 2      Installing
 2.1        Requirements
 2.2        Automated Installer
 2.3        Microsoft Web Platform
 2.4        Zip File
 2.5        Scheduler Service
 3      Upgrading
 3.1        Upgrading Existing Installations
 3.2        Upgrading 4.1.x to 4.2
 3.3        Upgrading 4.0.x to 4.2
 3.4        Upgrading 3.7.x to 4.2
 3.5        Upgrading 3.6.x to 4.2
 3.6        Upgrading 3.5.x to 4.2
 3.7        Upgrading 3.1.x to 4.2
 3.8        Upgrading 3.0.x to 4.2
 3.9        Upgrading 3.0.0 to 4.2
 3.10         Upgrading 2.2 to 4.2
 3.11         Upgrading 2.1.x to 4.2
 3.12         Upgrading 2.0.x to 4.2
 3.13         Upgrading 1.9.1 to 4.2
 3.14         Upgrading 1.9/1.9a/1.9b to 4.2
 3.15         Upgrading 1.8.x to 4.2
 3.16         Upgrading 1.7 to 4.2
 3.17         Upgrading 1.6.3 to 4.2
 4      Projects
 4.1        Project Concepts
 4.1.1          Grouping Projects
 4.1.2          Components
 4.1.3          Versions
 4.1.4          Roadmap
 4.1.5          Change Log
 4.1.6          Dashboard
 4.2        Project Customization
 4.2.1          Project Settings
 4.2.2          Single, Multiple Item Options
 4.2.3          Item Type, Priority, Severity Options
 4.2.4          Default Values
 4.2.5          Components
 4.2.6          Versions
 4.2.7          Project Attributes
 4.2.8          Which Fields Are Displayed?
 5      Item Management
 5.1        Overview
 5.2        Creating
 5.3        Editing
 5.4        Viewing
 5.5        Visibility
 5.6        Custom Fields
 5.7        Comments
 5.8        Hierarchy
 5.9        Links
 5.10         Recurrence
 5.11         Estimates & Time Logs
 5.12         Source Control Links
 5.13         Audit Trails
 5.14         Workflow
 5.15         Filter Items
 5.15.1           Using the Filter
 5.15.2           Saving and Reusing Filters
 5.15.3           Cross Project Roll-ups
 5.16         Patterns
 6      Planning Board
 7      Time Management
 7.1        Time Reports
 7.2        Recording Time
 8      Notifications
 8.1        Project Alerts
 8.2        Item Watchers
 9      Test Management
 9.1        Approach
 9.2        Plans
 9.3        Cases
 9.4        Runs
 9.5        Traceability
 9.6        Filtering
 10       Management
 10.1         Administration
 10.1.1           General Configuration
 10.1.2           SMTP and Notifications
 10.1.3           Projects
 10.1.4           Custom Fields
 10.1.5           Item Management
 10.1.6           Test Management
 10.1.7           Licensing
 10.2         Users & Security
 10.2.1           User Management
 10.2.2           Global and Project Groups
 10.2.3           Working with Global Groups
 10.2.4           Working with Project Groups
 10.2.5           Available Permissions
 10.2.6           Project Resources
 10.2.7           Assigning Permissions to Projects
 10.2.8           Windows Authentication
 10.2.9           Active Directory Integration
 11       Using Add-on Products
 11.1         Visual Studio 2008/2010
 11.2         Gemini Desktop
 11.3         Microsoft Outlook
 11.4         Converse
 11.4.1           Installation
 11.4.2           Core Mailbox Setup
 11.4.3           Selecting Emails to Process
 11.4.4           Manipulating Email Content
 11.4.5           Outbound Notifications
 11.4.6           Project Mapping
 11.5         SimplyFi
 11.5.1           Introduction
 11.5.2           Key Features
 11.5.3           Licensing
 11.5.4           SimplyFi Concepts
 11.5.5           Clients
 11.5.6           Contacts
 11.5.7           Documents
 11.5.8           Payments
 11.5.9           Stock Items
 11.5.10            Payment Terms
 11.5.11            Document Templates
 11.5.12            Email Templates
 11.5.13            Reminders
 11.5.14            Resource Costs
 11.5.15            Project Costs
 11.5.16            Initial Configuration
 11.5.17            Administration
 11.5.18            General
 11.5.19            Stock Items
 11.5.20            Cost Categories
 11.5.21            Resource Costs
 11.5.22            Project Costs
 11.5.23            Document Templates
 11.5.24            Statement Templates
 11.5.25            Email Templates
 11.5.26            Reminders
 11.5.27            Currencies
 11.5.28            FX Rates (Foreign Exchange)
 11.5.29            Tax Codes
 11.5.30            Payment Terms
 11.5.31            Client Custom Fields
 11.5.32            Localisation
 11.5.33            Clients and Contacts
 11.5.34            Clients
 11.5.35            Contacts
 11.5.36            Searching Clients
 11.5.37            Adding a Client
 11.5.38            Editing a Client
 11.5.39            Deleting a Client
 11.5.40            Searching Contacts
 11.5.41            Adding a Contact to an Existing Client
 11.5.42            Editing an Existing Contact
 11.5.43            Deleting an existing Contact
 11.5.44            Contact Groups
 11.5.45            Documents
 11.5.46            Invoices
 11.5.47            Searching Invoices
 11.5.48            Quotes
 11.5.49            Creating and Editing Invoices
 11.5.50            Searching Quotes
 11.5.51            Credit Notes
 11.5.52            Creating and Editing Quotes
 11.5.53            Searching Credit Notes
 11.5.54            Recurring Invoices
 11.5.55            Creating and Editing Credit Notes
 11.5.56            Searching Recurring Invoices
 11.5.57            Creating and Editing Recurring Invoices
 11.5.58            Document Numbers
 11.5.59            Payments
 11.5.60            Searching Payments
 11.5.61            Logging a new payment
 11.5.62            Editing Payments
 11.5.63            Reports
 11.5.64            Age Analysis
 11.5.65            Reconciliation Report (Recon Report)
 11.5.66            Debt Report
 11.5.67            Tax Report
 11.5.68            Finance Summary Panels
 11.5.69            Import
 11.5.70            Clients
 11.5.71            Invoices
 11.5.72            Payments
 11.5.73            Dashboard
 11.5.74            Support
 11.5.75            Reference
 11.5.76            Windows Localisation Codes
 11.5.77            Supported Currencies
 11.5.78            Icon Reference
 11.5.79            Additional Resources
 12       API
 12.1         Introduction
 12.2         Enabling API support
 12.3         Authentication
 12.4         Response Formats
 12.5         .NET Quick-start
 12.6         Schema Reference
 12.7         Administration API
 12.8         Alerts API
 12.9         Custom Fields API
 12.10          Groups API
 12.11          Items API
 12.12          Projects API
 12.13          Users API
 12.14          Testing API
 13       User Profile
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Users & Security

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Gemini provides a security model that enables re-use across projects whilst ensuring user access can be controlled to ensure only relevant information and features are exposed.

Both Forms based and Windows based authentication is supported.

Virtually all security related functions require Gemini Administrator access.

The following general security settings should be noted.

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The Allow User Registrations option determines whether anyone who can access your Gemini instance via web browser can create a user account.

The Allow Anonymous Users option determines whether all users first have to authenticate with Gemini before seeing anything – a login screen.

The Show Gemini Statistics option controls whether the following is displayed on the home page.

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The two Reset Password options allow you to customize the email subject line and message that users receive in the email when they wish to reset their password.

The Force User Password Reset option can be used to ensure new users are forced to change their password after first login.

The Single Sign On Key option defines the shared secret that is used to optional has the user password.

The SSL Credential Encryption option specifies how the incoming SSO key is encrypted and/or hashed using the Single Sign On Key. The following options are available:

  • Receive MD5 Encrypted Password Hashed with SSO Key
  • Receive MD5 Encrypted Password
  • Receive Clear Text Password Hashed with SSO Key
  • Receive Clear Text Password

In order to invoke the SSO process in Gemini, the calling process should navigate to the following URL:

http://your-gemini-instance/security/sso.aspx?u=username&p=password

The following C# code snippet shows how you can use SSO to sign a user into Gemini:

 1: string pwd = "your clear text password here";
 2: string ssoKey = "countersoft"; 
 3:  
 4: pwd = new CounterSoft.Gemini.Commons.GeminiHelper().Encrypt(pwd, ssoKey);
 5: Response.Redirect("http://localhost/gemini/security/sso.aspx?u=manager&p=" + pwd);

The Captcha option forces users to enter a validation code when creating or commenting upon an Item.

The Screen option controls the Filter Options and Grid Columns that are displayed by default when the user filters by All Projects.

The Global Groups For New Users options allows you to specify default group membership. You can then allocate default user permissions to those groups knowing that all new users will automatically inherit those permissions.

The Help Desk Welcome Caption & Message options affect the following when users identified by the Help Desk User Group option log into Gemini.

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The Help Desk User Group option determines which users are treated to a Help Desk experience where they only see their own items and with limited navigation user experience.

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